Schistosomiasis is a freshwater parasitic disease caused by infection with the trematode of the genus Schistosoma. The common species of Schistosoma that affect humans are the Schistosoma haematobium, S. japonicum, and S. mansoni. The clinical manifestations of Schistosoma are de...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1430640
Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, L. Ahenkorah Fondjo, P. Kafui Akakpo, Eric Aidoo, Ato Brown, Ellen Ola, Stephanie K. A. Adjei & Francis Agyemang·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2022
Background: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a unique heterogenous subtypes of breast cancer which is characterized by negative estrogen, progesterone, and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER-2) status. TNBC displays different molecular phenotype with which basal-...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2022/v12i330181
Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, F. Agyemang-Yeboah, L. Ahenkorah Fondjo, E. Gustav Imbeah, Eric Gyan & P. Kafui Akakpo·Asian Oncology Research Journal·2022
Background: Immunohistochemistry is an invaluable technique used clinically in the characterisation of breast cancer in various intrinsic subtypes. Such characterisation into the intrinsic subtypes is of great prognostic value in the management of breast cancer. Methodology: Two...
Background: With the increasing education on breast cancer, most women are reporting to the hospital with breast lumps most of which are benign breast lesions. Benign breast diseases constitute a heterogeneous group of lesions including developmental abnormalities, inflammatory...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i1130335
Mucosal melanoma is an aggressive but very rare tumour that can occur within the nasal and paranasal sinuses. It accounts for less than 1.0% of all melanomas and 4.0% of all sinonasal tumours. We present a 48-year-old with a stage IVA nasal melanocytic melanoma who had surgery as...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i830315
Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, Ato Ampomah Brown, Kafui P. Akakpo, Ernest Addae, Dennis Amoah, Emmanuel Diabor & Solomon E. Quayson·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2016
Objective: The aim of the study was to find out the incidence of gallbladder carcinoma in cholecystectomy specimen and the histological types from Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Methods: The study was a retrospective study using findings from 507 cholecystectomy specimen that...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/24468